Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Brimber
First Names
Duncan
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1359
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt 1880
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6 / MR13
Sick / Wounded
1 Sep 1880 / 22 Sep 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
11 Sep 1880
Original Text from book
Brimber, Private Duncan (1359) 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. [Kandahar] of wounds 11 Sept. 1880, F94, w. Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880, d. of wounds 22 Sept. 1880; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, d. of wounds 11 Sept. 1880
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded. [d] died. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878 -1881.
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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